Metroplex Sprint - TriathlonSprint

I practiced this course the day before the race. My only real goal for this whole event was to get through the swim...

Really nothing. I did what I wanted.

I was a tad disoriented, but just so happy that I finished the swim...the rest of this race was just to finish.

This was a nice course...twice I actually forgot I was racing and started sight seeing...

Pay attention to the fact that it was a race. The best female in my AG paced 19.8... I was 2nd at 19.4. I guess I do want to note that my bike according to several people is "not the right size" for me and "way too big"...but she has been a good bike and I have decided NOT to look at new bikes until after October.

This was first transition ever under a minute. I noticed a slight cramp in my left leg, but proceeded without dealing with it. My first race using my new speed laces...

Practice a better dismount.

I turned on my Garmin, and it would not pick up until probably .3 miles had elapsed...which made it harder to monitor my pace. I was still trying to run through a small cramp in my left leg. I actually am very disappointed in this run...the worst run ever I have had in a triathlon.

Run harder from the start. Like I said - VERY disappointed in the run - I wanted to go sub 16 and ran 18:22, but like I said...this race was only about finishing the swim.

I walked around - talked to other BTers...listened to horror stories about the swim and people not finishing, and I was just glad it was over.


Not enough training...of course.


Like I said...I needed a race with an OWS for me to put my DNF from three weeks ago behind me. Going into the race, I didn't care if I placed last in the whole event, as long as I got through the swim. I know it was mainly a mental block, and I just needed to conquer it. I had a lot of friends out there supporting me and cheering me on, and that meant a lot to me.